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Trochosmilia faujasi

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae

Taxonomy
Trochosmilia faujasi was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1848). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Edwardsosmilia faujasi by Alloiteau (1952).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Trochosmilia faujasi Milne-Edwards and Haime
1952Edwardsosmilia faujasi Alloiteau
1975Cyathoceras ellipticus Wu
2006Trochosmilia faujasi Baron-Szabo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMontlivaltiidaeDietrich 1926
genusTrochosmiliaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesfaujasiMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Trochosmilia faujasi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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Invalid names: Cyathoceras ellipticus Wu 1975 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-05 11:59:19
Modified: 2008-02-05 13:59:19
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Thanetian or 70.60000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0China (Xizang) Cyathoceras ellipticus (74285)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands (Limburg) Edwardsosmilia faujasi (85268 85271 85272 85273)
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0Pakistan (Sind) Trochosmilia typica (11289)